Square with two-piece handle



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ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 21, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE SQUAREWITH TWO-PIECE HANDLE Howard M. Peeples, Kingsland, Ga. ApplicationNovember 23, 1951, Serial N... 257,713

1 Claim.

This, inventionrelates to a combined metal and wood handle for handsaws.

An object of this invention is to provide a combined metal and woodhandle for hand saws wherein the grip portion is formed of wood and themetal portion supports and protects the wood grip.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved metal andwood handle for hand saws wherein the metal portion of the handle isformed with a mitered edge and a square edge so that when the handle ismounted on a straight back saw the handle will form a tri-square, aframing square or a miter element.

A further object of this invention is to provide a saw handle which issimple in construction and can be produced at small cost for mounting ona conventional saw blade.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in thearrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in thedrawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a detailed side elevation of a saw handle constructedaccording to an embodiment of this invention partly broken away and insection showing the handle mounted on a saw blade.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the handle.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure1.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary vertical section of a modified form of thisinvention.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral I designates generally a hand sawblade which is provided with saw teeth II at its lower edge and isprovided with a straight upper or back edge I2. A handle generallydesignated as in is mounted on the rear of the blade Ill and comprises ametal body I which is formed with a kerf or slot I6, within which therear of the blade I0 is adapted to engage. The body I5 includes a pairof triangularly shaped plates II disposed on the opposite faces of theblade Ill, and the latter is secured between the plates I! by means ofcountersunk screws I8. The forward edge of each plate I? is formed on afortyflve degree angle I9, and the rear of each plate I! forms a rightangular shoulder 20 which is of the blade I0.

In. practice, the plates I! are substantially thinner than the body I5so as to thereby produce the right angular shoulder 20 which forms asquare with the edge I2. The body I5 includes a rearwardly projectingarm 2| and a narrow or thin tongue 22. A hand grip 23 is adapted to besecured to the arm 2I and the tongue 22, the grip 23 being formed at itsupper end with a slot or kerf 24 within which the tongue 22 is adaptedto engage. The upper forward end of the grip 23 is secured to the tongue22 by countersunk fastening means 25. The lower end of the grip 23snugly engages on a flat upper side 25 formed on the arm 2|, and a screw21 extends through the arm 2| and is threaded into the lower end of thegrip 23. The grip 23 is preferably formed of wood, and the screw 21,which has its head countersunk in the lower side of arm 2|, is a woodscrew.

Referring now to Figure 5, there is disclosed a modified form ofsecuring the hand grip 23a to the arm 2Ia. A metal sleeve 28, which isexternally threaded, is seated entirely within the lower end of the grip23a being threaded into an opening provided therefor, and a machinescrew 29 is extended through the arm 2Ia and is threaded into internalthreads provided on the interior of the sleeve or socket 28. The forwardside of the grip 23 forms with the rear side I of the metal body I5 ahand hole or opening 30 within which the fingers of a hand may be freelyextended.

In the use of this handle structure, the handle I4 is secured by thefastening means I8 to the rear of the blade II]. The upper edges 3| ofthe plates I! are disposed either co-planar or parallel with thestraight upper edge I2 of the blade I0. When the saw is being used forcutting wood, the handle may be grasped in the hand with the handengaging about the grip 23. The arm 2 I, as shown in Figure 1, projectsrearwardly from the lower end of the hand grip 23, as indicated at 32,so as to provide a metal protecting means beyond the grip 23 forprotecting the latter in the event the saw is dropped.

The saw may be used for forming a miter by engaging the angled edge I9on one edge of a board or the like, with the straight back edge I2overlying the board. The saw may also be used for forming a right angleline by disposing a shoulder 2|] against one edge of a board andpositioning blade Ill on the upper side of the board. The right angleline may be drawn along the straight back or upper edge I2 of blade III.

The handle hereinbefore described, which is made partly out of metal andpartly out of wood, can be produced at a relatively small cost, and dueto the combination of metal and wood, the handle will not readily becomedamaged or broken in the event the saw is dropped.

I do not mean to confine myself to the exact details of constructionherein disclosed, but claim all variations falling within the purview ofthe appended claim.

What is claimed is:

In an elongated tool having a flat blade, a handle comprising a bodyincluding a pair of integral triangular plates engaging on oppositesides of said blade, one edge of each plate being disposed parallel withthe adjacent edge of said blade, the forward edge ofsaid body forming ashoulder extending from the outer side of each plate at right angles tosaid one edge, a rearwardly projecting arm extending from the lower endof said body, an integral tongue extending rearwardly from the upper endof said body in a direction opposite to said plates, a grip memberspaced from said body and formed with a slot in the upper end thereofwithin which said 5 tongue engages, means securing said tongue in saidslot, means extending through said arm securing the lower end of saidgrip member thereto, said arm projecting rearwardly from said grip andforming a seat and protecting means 10 for said grip and a rest for theheel of a hand engaged about said grip.

HOWARD M. PEEPLES.

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